Chapter 12

Finally homecoming week had started, it was on. Monday was rockstar day, and boy were Fox and the guys pumped for that. They had been pumped for this all year, and were happy about the mission on Katina not interfering with the week. Fox threw on some tight jeans with plenty of rips and a tight black sleeveless shirt, and a red bandanna around his head and he was ready to go. He ran out to the convertible and turned up some old rock music to compliment his attire.

Vixy looked at her husband after Fox left and said "If I didn't know any better I would have thought he was a real rockstar." The married couple laughed together thinking of how their son's day would go.

Once he arrived he saw that the rest of the group had beat him there, Bill looked over to Fox and got the attention of the rest of the guys and they said in unison "AWH YEAH!" He ran over for high fives seeing that they were all in similar rockstar attire. Soon after the girls arrived and were also in rockstar clothes, not as much as the guys but you could tell the difference between their usual clothes. Katt put her arm on Falco's and told him "Those tight clothes bring out your muscles a lot." Krystal walked up to Fox and whispered in his ear "same for you" Fox felt a chill go through his spine suddenly.

She walked off to go and do something. 'What was that? I like her I know, but…..am I nervous?' He thought to himself. He snapped out of his trance as he headed for class.

As he sat down for class he was wondering where she was. He was eager to see her, but still nervous. She came in and took her seat by him and smiled over at him. He shyly waved back and tried to hide his face, which made her giggle.

At lunch he was nervous to sit by her. He went and sat by Falco out of cowardice. "What's up with the new seating chart?" He sarcastically asked the vulpine.

"Uh….. um I uh…. I'm nervous about Krystal." Falco looked at slippy as he reluctantly handed the bird five credits. Fox covered his face with a hand and mumbled "Why am I not surprised?" Slippy shrugged his shoulders

"We knew it was coming at some point." Falco nudged Fox " Come on man you cant do that, if she's into you then no worries!" "Well I mean, I don't know if she is." " Alright if you're gonna be like that then do whatever you want" Soon after Krystal came and sat down and looked at her empty seat where Fox usually sat, then looked at Fox and patted the empty seat.

'How can I resist those puppy eyes?' he thought as he looked in her sapphire eyes. He changed seats quickly and Krystal whispered "That's better". And she began to stroke his sleeveless arm fur. He began to breath heavily and feel nervous. She asked him what was wrong and said he just felt a little tired. "Fox, don't try lying to a telepath, I can sense you aren't tired." He forgot about her telepathic powers. "I don't really know what it is honestly." She could sense he was telling the truth and let it go. Oddly enough, after that it was silent between the two, she herself felt a little nervous now all of a sudden.

On the way to the front of the school she caught Fox in the hall. "Fox you've been acting a little strange today, is something wrong?" Fox turned a little red and knew she may have started to catch on.

"D'um nothing's wrong, just feeling a little off today" 'why cant my telepathy channel in right now of all times?' she thought to herself.

The two walked along in an awkward silence, neither of them knowing what exactly to do. 'Maybe I should ask her to the dance Friday? No,no that's way too direct.' He thought to himself.

'I'm sure he'll ask me to the dance soon.' Krystal thought to herself.

Yet neither of these thoughts were met in the walk to the front. After 15 minutes of hanging out outside the school did everyone start to depart. "Hey um Fox?" he looked over at his vixen friend. 'is she going to ask ME to the dance? Man this is low for her to ask me instead of me ask me'

"Can you maybe give me a ride home? My parents are busy today." Fox paused for a moment. 'what do I do? It's been awkward enough today with- okay, calm down. She just needs a ride home is all, be nice.' His thoughts told him. "Yeah sure that shouldn't be a problem or anything."

She smiled and they walked along to the convertible. He unlocked the doors and they got in. Fox did everything he could to remain calm, Fara didn't really count at this point so he didn't really know how to act around a girl that he liked. It was an awkward silence the whole way back to their neighborhood.

All Krystal could think was 'maybe he's just a little nervous about asking'

The only thing Fox's thought told him was 'if I can just make it through this….'

They arrived at Krystal's house and time was slipping away. "Well uh, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." He said nervously. She picked up her books and other materials.

"I guess so." She was disappointed in Fox. She was heartbroken all over again by him. She wanted him to ask her to the dance, but he blew his chance. As she opened the door she calmed herself down 'there's plenty of time for him to ask me…..right?'